Tutorial: Fairy Dollhouse Wood Stove

It's so chilly outside! Here's how I made a cozy wood stove for my fairy house dollhouse.

This shabby version is photographed against my dreamy Cinderella Moments house and paintings...

Here's a rustic version of the stove photographed against some old fence wood LOL.

I started with a Sonia Messer vintage ceramic wood stove. They cost around $24 and show up routinely on Ebay.

I used my wee drill to open up the front to create space for a fire box...

Next, I used my dremel tool to smooth the opening...

I accidentally drilled through the back of the stove. Try to avoid this LOL... I got lucky and my stove didn't crack.

I also used the dremel tool to distress the paint finish...

Then, I assembled some supplies to make the fire...

Tissue paper, LED lights, switch and battery. Plus, some sticks from the yard. Lighting supplies are all 3v and can be purchased thru modeltrainsoftware.com. I recommend the lights in 1.8 mm size or smaller in warm white.

I cut sticks and hot glued them together. Bonus: natural mossy bits on the sticks

I put the sticks inside the stove just to measure and make sure they would fit...

I started attaching tissue paper with white Elmer's glue.

I painted the distressed white highlights with a deep black blue. Next, I fed the wires through the hole in the bottom of the wood stove.

Then, I used hot glue to attach the lights to the wood. It's not recommended to use hot glue with these lights because they are quite delicate. Nevertheless, I've had good success using low temp and it sure beats waiting for white glue to dry...

The wiring is ez: twist red to red and black to black. I wrapped electrical tape on the twisted connections.

I added some paint to the tissue paper... I also painted right onto the light to make it more orangey and reduce the "hot spot" effect.

I put some hot glue on the bottom of the fire and placed it into the wood stove...

I wrapped the excess wire and secured it in place with masking tape. I hot glued the switch and the battery holder.

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comments:

That is brilliant! I'm so glad you shared the fire technique. I didn't even think of doing that. The flames look so great. I'm truly impressed by your genius! Thanks so much for sharing this.hugs,Caroline